With this book, web developers learn to build engaging and interactive sites and applications using Microsoft's latest web development tools -- ASP.NET 2.0 and the new ASP.NET AJAX framework. You'll learn to create applications that have all the great tricks you see on popular commercial web sites, such as order forms and the ability to interact with a database. And you can build pages that display information interactively without a page refresh. This straightforward tutorial explains how.

Learning ASP.NET 2.0 with AJAX helps you master the concepts and techniques of Microsoft's tools with plenty of annotated examples, review quizzes, web construction exercises and chapter summaries, so you can practice new skills and test your understanding as you go. The best part? You can get going on the new world of interactive web development right now with our Rough Cuts edition, which lets you download this book while it's still in progress. With it, you'll learn to:

• Master the fundamental skills of ASP.NET 2.0 to build professional quality web applications
• Integrate new Ajax tools and CSS with ASP.NET 2.0 for flashier and more interactive sites
• Build applications with minimal coding using Visual Studio or its free counterpart, Visual Web Developer
• Use the community-maintained ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit to extend the controls that come with ASP.NET AJAX
• Use the ASP.NET CSS Control Adapters to more easily style the appearance of web pages

Ideal for beginning web developers, or those who are new to ASP.NET, this book gets you involved with your own learning through hands-on lessons that are clear and to the point. You get the chance to try out new techniques on the spot. Want to join the world of modern web development? This book will get you started.

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